roughness
- (countable, uncountable) The property of being rough, coarseness.
- (countable, uncountable) Something that is rough; a rough spot.
- (US, countable, uncountable) Roughage; coarse fodder.
- (Scotland, countable, uncountable) Abundance, especially of food.
- (countable) A measure of how rough something is, such as a surface
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From Middle English roughnes, roughnesse, equivalent to rough + -ness. Compare Old English hrēohnes (“roughtness”).
rough water
rudness
uneven surface
sperity
irregularity degree
roughness concentration
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